UK NICE's recommendation on J&J's and S-P's Remicade analyzed

31 August 2008

The UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which advises on cost-effectiveness of medicines and therapies to be made available on the National Health Service (excluding Scotland), has conducted a single technology appraisal of US drug majors Johnson & Johnson and Schering-Plough's Remicade (infliximab) for acute exacerbations of ulcerative colitis, which is now open for consultation. Global Insight's analyst Mitra Thompson has reviewed the document, which recommends limiting the use of the compound in ulcerative colitis.

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